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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-10
Famine in Burnaah.

LONDON. June 9.-Dispatches from Rangoon
and Mandalay report distressing scarcity Of
food in upper Burmah. owing to the total fail
ure of the rice and other crops, and fotillas of
boats loaded with supplies are being sent to the
relief of the soldiers and natives as rapidly as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-10
APPREHENSION IN GERMANY
The Misfortune of the Crown Prince Has
Serious Effects Upon the Emperor,
And He Is Now in Mental Condition That
Units Him for Transaction of Even Routine
Business-Bismarck Growing Feeble.
The Change-of-Venue Clause Stricken
from Balf0ur'S Irish Coercion Bill,

Final Vote Shall Be Taken-The Fighting
in Afghanistan-General News BY Gable.
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08

people have no idea" said a Fulton street
coffee merchant, whose establishment is near
the ferry, chow much we lose every day
through the petty depredetions Of passers by.
As you observe, we have sample bngs Of our
different varieties OF coffee exposed outside
on each side of the doorway They are within
easy reach Of all, and though we keep
watch upon them we cannot prevent pedes-
trians from dipping their hands. in and taking
out handful OF the beans. They take only
a few grains at a tlme-not enough TO raise a
row about-and SO we have to grin and bear
it. But it's tough People think the coffee
common property. We suffer most late in the
afternoon, when people are going home after
business hour. Then almost everybody puts
his band il and helps himself. Boys and
young men are the greatest offenders. In
this way we lose about s. every day"
The writer boarded a ferryboat and stood
our on the forward deck. 1t was crowded
Presently, while the boat was moving out Of
the slip, brown coffee bean was seen shoot
ing through the air, and struck a boil on the
back Of an old gentleman'S neck At the
same instant the sound OF suppressed filters
was heard. The old gentleman turned round
ana, seeing no one whom he could accuse,
made some pointed remark about the fresh
ness Of callow young men. He had hardly
subsidized when another bean few from ali op-
posite direction and landed on his hat brim.
This enraged him SO that he was about to cal
TO deckhand, when suddenly a whole shower
of beans, coming apparently from every
direction, ratified down upon the heads of all
III that part Of the boat. There WAS a sup
pressed murmur of rage The offenders had
apparently exhausted their ammunition. and
the boat proceeded on her trip without fur
Their disturbance TO her passengers a deck
hand chuckled when asked II it was fire.
quent occurrence.
It's so every night" ne said "The young
fellows gets their beans from the bags on
Fulton street and shoots them off on the boat
just for the fun of it. We don't interfere UNI
less we're asked 1t don't do no harm To DO
body ard it's fun TO watch the folks what
gets hit. New York Evening Sun
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
The Negroes Ancestors. :

Fred Douglas has returned to Washington
after a tour in Europe that occupied over
eleven months and extended to Egypt.
My mission TO Egypt" said Mr.. DOUGLASS
20 a reporter, twas 10 see if l could not trace
some connection between the ancient Ecyp-
tians and the African negroes of TODAY.
Ancient writers on ethnology have been
irving to cut the negro race off from any
ancient greatness l had found the Egvp-
tlans described es having dark skin. curly
hair, high cheek bones, diStended nostrils and
thick lips / went there to make nv obserya
tons and form my own conclusions. OF
course the pure Egyptian has been mixed up
very much with the Arabs, but the charac-
teristic features OF the ancient Egyptians are
still preserved among the Cops Of Egypt.
i returned from my trip with the convic-
ton that the negro could not be connected
with these people. The Egyptians proper are
people by themselves. They are not eau
casian, but they are not negroes. The pure
negro Is not found farther north on the
African continent than the Soudan. The
Soudanese nre genuine negroes, and q fine
race OF people they are-lnteligent and
brave. AS soldiers the English prefer ths
Soudanese TO the Egyptians
The negroes will have to look to the
future and not to the past for the greatness
OF their race They cannot establish,thei
claims TO tho glories Of old Egypt; but who
knows that in the course of time they may
not change places with those who still regard
them as an inferior race, just as the British
have changed places with the Romaas?n-
Washington Cor Chicago News.
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08

Machinery is now recognized as essential to
cheap production. Nobody can produce
effectively and economically without it, and
what was formerly known as domestic man
ufacture is now almost obsolete But ma
chinery is one Of the most expensive oyall
products, and It's extensive purchase and use
require an amount of capital far beyond the
capacity Of tbs ordinary individual to furnish.
There are very few men in the world POS
sessed of an amount of wealth sufficient to in
dividualiy construct and own an extensive
line of railway OF telegraph, first Glass
steamship, or a great factory. 1t is also to
be remembered that for carrying on produc-
ton by the most modern and effective meth
DDS large capital is needed, not only for ma
chinery, but also for the purchasing and car
rying of extensive stocks Of crude material
and finished products.
Sugar can now be, and generally is, refined
at profit of an eighth of a cent pound. and
sometimes az low as a sixteenth; or, in OF her
words, from eight to sixteen pounds OF raw
sugar must now be treated in refining in
order TO make cent, from 500 to / 900 pounds
to make 81, from $4,000 10 16O, 900 pounds
TO make 800, and so on. The mere capital
requisite for providing and carrying the raw
material necessary for the successful prosecu-
ton of this business, apart from al other
conditions. places it, therefore, of necessity
beyond the reach OF any ordinary capitalist
OF producer. IL has been before stated that
il the manufacture of jewelry by machinery
one boy can make up 5000 sleeve buttons per
day; four girls, also, working by modern
methods, can put together in the same time
5000 collar buttons, But to run an establish
ment with such facilities the manufacturer
must keep constantly in stock S30, 600 worth
of cut ornamental stones and stock of cuff
buttons that represents 1900 different designs
and patterns,-Hon. David a Wells in Pop
ular Science Monthly
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
President Pierce's Fine Horsemanship.

Frank Pierce was fine horseman, and
when the Worlds Fair was open at New
York, in July, 1858, he appeared at the morn.
mounted on the full blooded charger Blac
Warrior, owned by Maj. Merrill. of the
United States dragons, then past p years
old, and cherished for the loHg and faithful
services be had performed. After the review
the procession was formed, and proceeded up
Broadway. Everywhere were crowds Of peo-
pie eager to greet the president The side
walks were densely tbronGed, the windows
were filed to overfowing and there were
muititudes on the housetops. After the troops
and the president and his suite came, in car
riages, the mayor and common council Of the
city.
Shortly before the procession reached the
park shower Of rain, which had some time
threatened 10 fall, came down with great en-
phasis, and caused n general scattering Of the
spectators. Even the well ordered ranks Of
the military were not proof against il, and
many OF the soldiers took refuge in the door
ways and under awnings The majority.
however, did not finch, but bravely had on
their march. defyinz the peltins Of the rain.
Though repeatedly urged 10 dismouEt a2i
take refuge, the president refused 70 break
up the line of march. For about two blocks
he carried al umbrella which was thrust
upon him. but this be soon dispensed with.
In company with nearly all in the procession,
be got fairly wet through, and had TO change
his clothes when he reached the Crystal
Palace.-Ben: Perley Poore.
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
-wsSSNAiIaaw
9ai1Y &c Eagle
A MAN OF DESTINY.
lincoln a Believer in Certain Phases of
the observation-disclosures

lincoln a Believer in Certain Phases of
the Observation-Disclosures
History will record no censure against Mr.
Lincoln for believing, like the first Napoleon,
that he was a man Of destiny, for such he
surely was, if the term is at ali admissible in
a philosopkic sense. And our estimate Of his
greatness must be heightened by conceding
D.. the fact that he was believer in certain
phases Of the supernatural Assured, as he
undoubtedly was, by omens which TO his
mind were conclusive that he would rise TO
greatness and power, he was as firmly con-
WINGED by the same tokens that he would be
suddenly cut off at the height of bis career
and the fullness of his fame. He always be-
heved that be would fall by the hand of an
assassin; and yet, with that appalling doom
cloudipg His hfe-a doom fixed and irreversi-
bic, as be was firmly convinced-his courage
never for moment forsook him, even in the
most trying emergencies. Can greatness,
courage, constancy in the pursuit Of exalted
aims be tried by q severer testf He believed
with.Tennyson that
Because right is right to follow right
Were wisdom in the scorn Of consequence.
Concerning presentiments and dreams, Air.
Lincoln had philosophy of bis own, which,
mony with his character in all other re-
spects. He was no dabbler in divination-
astrclogy, horoscopy, prophecy, ghostly lore
or witcheries of any sort. With Goethe he
held that mature cannot do otherwise than
do right eternalIy." Dreams and present.
ments, in his judgment, were not of super
natural origln-that is, they proceed in
natural order, their essence being superhu-
man, but not above nature. The moving
power Of dreams and visions of an extraor-
binary character be ascribed, as did the pa
triarcbs Of old, 10 the Almighty intelligence
that governs the universe, their processes
conforming strictly to natural laws. "Na-
ture," said he, lis the workshop of the Al
mighty, and we form but links in the gen
eral chain of intellectual and material life"
Mr.. Lincoln had this further notion:
Dreams being natural occurrences, in the
strictest sense, he held that their best inter-
prefers are The common people; and this &C
counts, in a large measure, for the profound
respect he always lad for the collective wis
dom of plain people-"the children of nature"
be called them-touching matters belonging
TO the domain Of psychical mysteries. There
was some basis Of truth, he believed, for what
ever obtained general credence among these
children Of nature" and Us he esteemed him
self one Of their number, having passed the
greater part Of his life among them, we can
easily account for the strength of his convic-
tons on matters about which they and he
were III cordial agreement. We ard II Lannon's
Letter
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
Is Insanity IncreasincS

The reason for the overcoming is the al
legged great increase in the number of the
insane.s We hear very often about this in
crease and also about the cause OF it. All The
doctors agree in saying there is more insanity
now than there was twenty or thirty years
ago, and statistics seem to bear them ont
though this may be because the methods OF
making up statistics are better now than thew
were then. Two and TWO still make four. as
II the days Of our grandfathers. but in some
other mathematical matters We have gained
on them. II insanity really is increasing, the
increase is undoubtedly due to the wear and
tear on the nervous system that the rand
business ans social life Of the present dav pro
duces. Very few of US "a ke any rest at all
except for a couple Of weeks, or maybe a
month, IN the summer, and even that is often
more rest In name than in fact. But aside
from generalization in the matter. one tbino
y beyond doubt or question-that all the
asylums are uncomfortably crowded and
that every new private asylum that is opened
becomes full in \ very short time. This fact
~, OF course, more significant than any mer
talk about increase or the causes of lt.-New
York Cor. Detroit Free Press
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
Wanted TO know.

Here is postscript to girls letter, &,
quoted by London Truth: w hen YOU write
next answer me in confidence TWO questions:
Can you lace your boots with your eorss;s
on. And can you put on your bonnet With
your bodice emf / want to k1ow.-M--
Chicago Times
To save table scrubbing havo your dish
table covered with xlnc
Clean stoves wien cold with any stove poi
ish mixed with alum water.
The foot Of a coarse cotton stocking Is 81
PerioV to & sponge for bathing purposes.
Fry some apples occasionally. Fried app,es
VII remove ths edge from many hard meal
New tins should be SET ever tie :..e with
boiling water in them FOR several hours be-
fore food Is pus into them
Lemon juice and sugar. mixed very thick,
Is useful 70 relieve coughs ana sore threats
Ii n-us' oe very acid as xsu u sweet
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
The Chinaman's Calculating Ro,

The most curious thing in a laundry is the
calculating box II is about nine inches Ions,
and about six wide with 4 crosspiece running
lengthwiss OF the box On each side are
thirteen spindles on which are wooden but
tons, TWO on each spindle on one side Of the
crospiecs and five on the other. The only
thing In use in Christendom resembling this
apparatus Is the case rack in a faro bank
Upon this figure box as John calls it. h.
VIII do any sum in the four rules of sritb
mete that you may give him. Upon this b,
VIII add long columns of figures as rapidly q,
the numbers can be given. More than Oh.
smart clerk has tried bis skill with the China
mans box only 70 find himself beaten badly
There have been at least dozen explanation.
published as TO the manner in which the bo,
is operated, but 1t is doubtful whether any of
them are eorrect.-Buffalo News.
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
TEACHING LoNOoNERs ENGLISH.
A Good Natured Police Sergeant Makes
War Upon the British I'll"

W ar upon Tie oE1tAe.A
A reporter happened into an uptown pre-
cinct recently and caught the sergeant in the
act OF teaching couple Of tramps to speak
English, although The men We're born and
bred in England. They came from London.
but from that part Of London known as
Whitechapel They were veritable cockneys,
and while they were masters of their "c's,''
they had no control over their chs"
"Now then, boys" said the sergeant, "hold
in your breath and say up" The men did
as they were told and grew red in the face,
but the word came out clear and distinct
without the aspirate. Now breathe out hard
and say ham," said the sergeant. One of the
men did very well, but the other seemed to
have lost bis breath and out came the cock
ney ann They tried it again, however,
and finally succeeded i'll getting out first
rate "'ham." Other words, like ''hope,"
shave" ale" and others having the long
sound Of "a" were then experimental with,
and, when fifteen minutes later, the two
tramps went into the assembly room to '''ave
d bit o bread an 'am," they 10 longer pro-
nounced ale, ''aisle," hope, "'ope"
Those young men came from a district
near TO that where l was born," said the SER
geant, by way OF explanation, "and they are
unfortunate as much because of their in
ability to speak properly as for any other
reason. used to get my his 'tother-ways-
about and can fully appreciate their diff
culties. 1t took me seven years TO correct
my English, but | did it at last, and sue
ceeded only BY following out the plan you
have just seen me try on these two men.
After had discovered the art of breathing
and speaking read aloud for practice. The
mistake English people make is not as, many
suppose in pronouncing the an aspilate
They can all correct their language if they
Will pronounce their his with the expulsion Of
the breath and hold the breath in when pro-
nonuncing words that begin with q vowel
Every time they come to word beginning
with n if they will emit a long breath and
then pronounce the word they will gradually
acquire the pronunciation without blowing,
until finally it becomes second nature New
York Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
Going at Full Speed.

Honest John Blank was for several years
the well known governor Of a New England
state. Governor John had a brother Will
lam, perhaps equally honest, though less well
known, who was sportsman and somewhat
given 10 the cheering cup. On one OF his
shooting excursions William and q boon COM
panion found that their horse did not trot
quite rapidly enough 10 correspond with their
e1hIarated notions of the proper speed, and
the companion fired charge of bird shot into
the animal 10 encourage him. The horse
dashed wildly of, the buggy rocking. hats
and parcels flying IN ali directions, and Will
lam, ruler Of the storm, shouted with delight,
"Shoot In ag'ln! shoot i'm sg'in, He goes
ADM ably .'-Harpee Magazine
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08

What we believe is right is more often SO
because II griDdS our ax Ihan otherwise.
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
a ROYAL Parting.

A strange scene occurred at tbs railroad
station at Buds-Pesth. King Maan, of Servia.
and Queen Nathalie, who have agreed that
they never can agree, babe goodby TO each
other for an indefinite period He took leave
from hls beautiful wife on the platform in
fun sight OF the public, and after coIdly kiss
ing her on the brow, and patting his little boy
on rhe head, be got into the train which bore
him swiftly back to his disconnected Servian
snoleetS Queen Nathalie snd the boy suisse
quenuy protested to Baden, near Vienna,
where she VIII stay Till autumn. and then
sexe up DER residence IL Ouidss winter city,"
Siorence, where she passed her childhood.
tienoeforward Milan and Nathalie will never
I've together asain.-Foreign Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
Lady Graduates.

The ladies' have done well al Cambridge
and Dublin st the English university eleven
OF the superior sex Lave succeeded IN taking
mathematical bonors, while in Ireland the
degree OF bachelor Of arts has been conferred
on nine women, of whom four took aonors
One lady was capped master OF arts. and an-
other lady, who obtained the first place in
the honors list in modern literature, was
awarded valuable scholarship. Seventy
eight women presented themselves for the
naturalization examination, and Of these
seventy one passed, twenty-seven obtaiung
hcnors New Orleans Timss-Democraa
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08
Difficulty of Conv!cting Eribers.

Il bad an opportunity once" said Johnston
| BeSgs to a S.. Louis reporter recently, ito
find out how hard IL was to convict Legs
lator OF bride taking, or another man of
bride giving ! was foreman OF ID grand Jury
three years ago which was INVESTIGATING re
ports that a railroad bill had passed the house
of delegates by bribery We had a large
number Of witnesses before US and when VIC
got through with our work every man Of Us
was firmly convinced tina. at least twelve Of
these delegates had taken brides But We
didn't indict "a single one Of them because we
knew that petit jury would not convict on
the evidence we had The delegates and the
corporation agents who did the bribing man
aged their tyalsactionS 50 cunningly that all
the evidence we could obtain was purely cir
cumstautisl, as long as the bribers and the
legislators kept their mouths shut.
I'VE found that in all the cases of bribery
the negotiations were conducted III the same
way First the man who was managing the
bill got lobbyist and minated to him that
he wanted the delegates vote The lobbyist
made his own bargain with the legislator, and
on a certain day, at a certain hour. both
would be seated together III a private Office
with two entrances. When peculiar knock
sounded on the'door the two would leave the
room aud 80 into the other The railroad
man entered, put bundle Of money in the
pocket of coat hanging on the wall gave a
signal rap on the table and went out The
lobbyist and legislator returned, got the
money and made their divide The legislator
and the railroad man hadn't seen each other
and possibly never knew each other by sight,
but the delegate had his money and the other
had the vote he wanted. Of course, any del
egate mixed up in this sort Of a transaction
would be convicted Of bride taking in any
honest mans mind, but an incident like this
couldn't be conclusive evidence against a leg
islator in a court, and that is why our grand
jury didn't give the public then big scan
dal."-Chicago Times.
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-08

A large number OF Rio coffee planters are
acquiring Plantations in the new coffee dis
tr1cts of Sac Psulo in Brazil This indicates
not only an early COLLAPSE of coffee produc-
uon In the province Of Rio de Janeiro, where
TIE production depends largely upon slave
Iaoor, out large increase in the production
OF oao Fauio, where free labor has secured q
io0tins and where the plow and cuItiyator
can h used.-Cticaso Nsss
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-05-28
CHAPTER xI.
THE PLAIN OF KoR.

About an hour before shutdown we at last
to my unbounded gratitude, emerged from
the great belt of marsh on to land that swelled
upward in succession of rolling waves. Just
on the hither side Of the crest of the first
wave we halted for the night. My first act
was to examine Leo's condition. Il was, IL
anything, worse than in the morning, and q
new and very distressing feature, vomiting,
set in and continued till dawn. Not one wink
OF sleep did get that night, fox passed 1t in
assisting Ustane, who was one of tho most
gentle and inlefatigable nurses ! ever saw,
to wait upon Leo and job However, the air
here was warm and genial without being too
hot, and there were no mosquitoes to speak
Of Also we were above the Lowell of the
marsh mist, which lay stretched beneath us
like the dim smoke pail over city. liz up
here and there by the wandering globes Of
fen fire. Thus it viii be seen that we were.
speaking comparatively, In clover.
By dawn on the following morning Leo was
quite light headed and fancied that he was
divided into halves. was dreadfully dis
tressed, and began to wonder with sort
of sick fear what tho termination Of the
attack would be. Alasl had heard too
much Of how these attacks generally ter
inmate. As was doing so Billali came up and
said that we must be getting on, more es-
pecially as, in his opinion, If Leo did not reach
some spot where he could be quiet and have
proper nursing within the next twelve hours,
his life would only be matter Of day or
two. could not but agree with him; so we
got him into the litter, and started on, I'M
stane walkingsby his side to keep the flies off
him, and see that he did not throw himself
out on to the ground.
Within half an hour Of sunrise we had
reached the top OF the rise OF which l have
spoken, and most beautiful view broke Upon
our gaze. Beneath US was rich stretch Of
country, verdant with grass and lovely with
foliage and flowers In the background, at q
distance, so far as could judge, of some
eighteen miles from where we then stood, q
huge and extraordinary mountain rose alb
ruptly from the plain. The base of this great
mountain appeared to consist of o grassy
slope, but, rising from this, / should say, from
subsequent observation, at a height of abvut
500 feet above the level Of the plain, was q
most tremendous and absolutely precipitous
wall of bare rock. quite 1000 or 800 feet in
height The shape Of the mountain, whicn
was undoubtedly Of volcanic origin, was
round, and Of course, as only segment OF its
sircle was visible, it was difficult TO estimate
Is exact size which was enormous. after